In a final stand to proclaim his innocence, Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy passed a copy of George W. Bush's autobiography to a judge and said, "The media didn't destroy Iraq, it was George Bush; he says so in his book," the Guardian reports.

Fahmy, a producer with Al Jazeera, was arrested in Cairo along with two colleagues, producer Baher Mohamed and Australian correspondent Peter Greste, on Dec. 29. They're charged with being members of a terrorist group, inciting violence and possessing unlicensed broadcasting equipment.

All three deny the charges.

During Monday's session, the Cairo court heard closing arguments from the defence team of a group of students on trial for alledgedly supporting the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood, the Guardian's Patrick Kingsley tweeted.

Fahmy previously claimed the students "were added to the case to create the impression of an al-Jazeera-inspired conspiracy."

The defence lawyer for student Anas El Beltagy, son of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed El Beltagy began shouting defence for the Muslim Brotherhood, which prompted Fahmy to yell from the prisoners' cage, "You're not here to defend the Brotherhood," Kingsley reported. Fahmy requested to a be freed to address the court on behalf of the Al Jazeera journalists.

"You have had our computers and our mobiles for six months and there's absolutely no proof of any link with the students," Fahmy told the judge.

Before the trial adjourned, each defendant was given an opportunity to briefly make their own case before the judge decides a verdict, which is expected on June 23.